Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in April 2013
Swallow Bug (Cimicidae)
Scientific Name: Oeciacus vicarius
Photo(s): Ryan Davis, Joel Smith Utah State University;
Type: Biting
Situation: Swallows, Swallow nests, bats
County: Summit
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension
Cedar tree Borer (Cerambycidae)
Scientific Name: Semanotus sp.
Photo(s): Randy Cyr, Greentree, Bugwood.org; Samuel Abbott, Utah State University; Gerald Lenhard, Louisiana State University, Bugwood.org; Bob Oakes, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Wood boring tree pest
Situation: In firewood
County: Nevada
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University
Sycamore Scale (Margarodidae)
Scientific Name: Stomacoccus platani
Photo(s): United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Piercing/Sucking pest
Situation: On Sycamore
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: None
European Paper Wasp (Vespidae)
Scientific Name: Polistes dominula
Photo(s): David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Stinging
Situation: Found inhabiting a cabin
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Colorado State University
False Black Widow (Theridiidae)
Scientific Name: Steatoda sp.
Photo(s): Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial spider
Situation: Found near a home
County: Grand
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Utah State University
Indian Meal Moth (Pyralidae)
Scientific Name: Plodia interpunctella
Photo(s): Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org;
Type: Stored food products pests
Situation: In home
County: Salt Lake, Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Hacklemesh Weaver (Amaurobiidae)
Scientific Name: Callobius sp.
Photo(s): Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org;
Type: Not medically significant (poisonous)
Situation: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:Penn State University